These beautiful students sang, recognized each veteran by name with a pin and card, and applauded. A slide show featured larger than life photos of each veteran. (Charles Frazee had five photos :). Each grade sang the song for the Army, Navy, AirForce, Marine Corp and Coast Guard. The first graders sang the Marine Corp Hymn. The fourth graders finished with “Anchors Away”. “Taps” was played to honor those who died in service.

Award winning artists…Over 60! These paintings are outstanding. I especially like the portrait with the sewing machine…what an amazing heirloom for the family. From still life to rugged landscapes…congratulations to all the artists.

Ten years ago, we had the privilege of touring the US Naval Academy in Annapolis with a WWII veterans group. Here are a few highlights from that trip…special access…lunch in the dining hall with cadets, tour of the chapel, seeing the cadets march to football game in their dress whites and last but not least attending the Evening Parade at the Marine Corps Barracks (George and Laura Bush were in attendance).

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Love this! “One sewing machine, two families, three secrets, four generations and millions of stitches”. This book was funded by readers through a new website: Unbound.com…a modern version of Samuel Johnson’s idea funding publishing of his dictionary in 1755 in today’s jargon…crowd sourcing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language Elfcroft loves sewing and posts about charity projects about a dozen […]

17 Equations that Changed the World by Ian Stewart 2012 http://www.businessinsider.com/17-equations-that-changed-the-world-2014-3 My previous book review of Cosmic Numbers, The Numbers that Define Our Universe by James D Stein 2011… declared it “fantastic.” I did not reread it immediately, because my young friend (recent Mechanical Engineering graduate) had also loaned me 17 Equations that Changed the […]

Love this! This book has sat on my shelf for years. This morning it captured my attention and held my attention all day. Smart, witty, insightful, creative, knowledgable, curious, honest… Rachel’s year of Biblical Womanhood was naturally organized with monthly themes based upon scripture. Each month Rachel had a TO DO list for herself based […]

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6895978-a-country-of-vast-designs Excellent reading for a period of American history that is rarely studied. James K. Polk committed himself to being the most consequential single term US President 1845-1849 by adding Texas, California and Oregon territories; reestablishing an independent Treasury and reducing tariffs. The territorial expansion fulfilled the national “Manifest Destiny”…the goal of being a nation […]